The Great Himalaya Trail via @350

Spanning 1700 kilometers across some of the most pristine places on the planet, the Great Himalayan Trail (GHT) is truly wondrous. Present in Nepal as a network of existing treks and trails, the GHT forms one of the highest and longest walking trails in the world. Now, climber Apa Sherpa, a world record holder for scaling Mt. Everest 21 times is walking this distance across 120 days to promote the trail. The trek cuts across some of the most vulnerable places in the country to climate change. Called the climate smart celebrity trek , the Himalayan Climate Initiative (HCI) is organizing this trail to highlight the fact that the Himalayas that provide water to more than a billion people in Asia is being critically impacted by Climate Change. Apa Sherpa is joined by Dawa Steven Sherpa, a fellow mountaineer, Saurav Dhakal and Samir Jung Thapa. " As somebody who lost all his pr...